Gallup's Most Widely Admired People of the 20th Century

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Results of Gallup's annual 'most admired' polls were combined with a preliminary 1999 poll to determine the 18 finalists. A final poll was conducted to determine their order.

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Vote RankingList Ranking  

1

1

Mother Teresa (Saint Teresa of Calcutta)

Religious Figure

57.52% (88 of 153 votes)

16

2

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Advocate

29.61% (106 of 358 votes)

8

3

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

U.S. President

42.17% (132 of 313 votes)

10

4

Albert Einstein

Scientist

35.63% (31 of 87 votes)

15

5

Helen Keller

Advocate

31.71% (26 of 82 votes)

4

6

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

U.S. President

48.53% (346 of 713 votes)

12

7

Billy Graham

Religious Figure

34.00% (17 of 50 votes)

17

8

Pope John Paul II

Religious Figure

26.32% (10 of 38 votes)

5

9

Eleanor Roosevelt

First Lady

48.12% (141 of 293 votes)

7

10

Winston Churchill

World Leader

43.24% (16 of 37 votes)

13

11

Dwight David Eisenhower

U.S. President

33.33% (60 of 180 votes)

9

12

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

First Lady

42.06% (45 of 107 votes)

2

13

Mahatma Gandhi

Diplomat

51.43% (18 of 35 votes)

11

14

Nelson Mandela

World Leader

34.50% (59 of 171 votes)

3

15

Ronald Reagan

U.S. President

48.60% (243 of 500 votes)

18

16

Henry Ford

Automaker

0% (0 of 1 votes)

14

17

Bill Clinton

U.S. President

32.00% (656 of 2050 votes)

6

18

Margaret Thatcher

World Leader

46.81% (44 of 94 votes)